more dogs

[OH Osthaus]

Not wanting to hijack Old Geezer's thread, i'll start my own.

In my case, a trio of dogs caught my attention recently, and they have been adopted, and rehab is in the planning stages.


there is some work to do, a very little bend to the stock, a refinish to the barrels, the bores are shinny bright ( wall thickness inspite of at least two clean ups is pretty consistantly mid 30 thousands). the foreend wood is a bit rough (I will be looking for a suitable replacement) the wrist checkering is in very good shape, two stock dings to fill. She locks up tight with no play. The engraving is good, no pitting a few nicks.

the dogs were not well treated in their first 25 years from the letter.

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She came out of the restock and choke work a little lighter than the original spec,from a duck gun to an upland piece?

some pics, not studio quality but you'll get the idea, from the earliest days of Hammerless,




one setter


the bottom setter


some other dog


some original finish under the barrels


skeletal buttplate


wrist


watertable

[Dean Romig]

A very nice early D. It's good to see and compare the early with the late engraving motif and checkering patterns. Thanks.

[Dean Romig]

Before you "fill" the stock dings try steaming them out. It usually works very well.

[Dunnigun]

Dean, I have a stock ding and would like to know the steaming process; equipment/ aftercare (as my Dr. would say).

[OH Osthaus]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Before you "fill" the stock dings try steaming them out. It usually works very well.

Thanks Dean, but i might better have used the word small chips, they need to be filled, no steaming for them. A little sanding dust and glue should do it. But i will wait on the bending to be done. I've done some stocking, that is the part that worries me the least.

[Dean Romig]

You can try it with the stock finish left intact but you may have better results if the finish is stripped. I would suggest to first try steaming the dings without stripping the finish.

Wet a hand towel and wring out most of the water. lay the moist towel over the affected section of the stock and with an electric clothes iron set on high hold the iron against the towel in the area in which you want to raise a dent. Do not let the towel dry out and check it every minute or two for progress. I've seen my Dad do it and it worked very well if the dent wasn't too severe.

[OH Osthaus]

Someone had put some sort of varnish over the stock, it was flaking badly and has already been removed. The wood actually looks very good on the buttstock. Nothing more to do there until the drop is corrected, it doesn't need to move much.

the stock



you can see the little chip near the buttplate and a little damage on the comb

[Opening Day]

Get that varnish off and that will be a beautiful stock.

[OH Osthaus]

Originally Posted by Eric Eis

Get that varnish off and that will be a beautiful stock.

that was the first thing I did after taking the pictures

[Opening Day]

Great minds think alike.... Post an after picture..